8th March: Today we got a 12hour day train to Mumbai - the final train journey of our time in India. We only had one day in Mumbai and spent it mainly shopping where i got asked to be in a Bollywood movie whihc unfortuinaly i couldn't do as it was for the next day when we had gone so i missed my chance at stardom! But we did manage to squeeze in a bit of sight seeing in the form of the gateway to India which was built for a British king. Later on we got a taxi...

6th Feb: We got a nice short train to Agonda today for the second time to spend a couple of days. We were basically breaking up the mamouth journey back up to Mumbai. It was nice to be somwhere familiar and we fed up on slouvaki as well :0)

1st MArch: We got a 12 hour train to Kumta arriving at 4am and from there got a taxi to Gokarna beach. we had to walk along the beach as there is no road at about 5am waking up guest houses looking for somwhere to stay. We eventually got a place at about 7am, a bit tiring but great to watch the sun rise! We spent 4 days here at OM beach, there was literally nothing to do but read and sunbath, so thats all we did.....bliss........

28th Feb: From Appelley we went to Cochin for a few days, it was a lovely city that had a huge French colonial influence in all the buildings. There wasn't much to do here as such, more a place to chill out and wander around. We did get proper bread and fish and chips (random!). We also found at the harbour you can pick fish from the fishermas stalls and take it to a local restaurant to be cooked as you like it! To pass the time Fred, Charlotte and I decide to ...

So the photos have been on for ages and no blog to match, so here goes.....although i think the photos are pretty explanatory so i wont waffle on! Basically we spent 24 hours cruising through the backwater of Appelley eating, drinking, and just generally chilling out. It was fantastic to see the way of life by the river; children going to school by boat, fishermen rowing up to you and selling their wares for dinner, people going to church and people living in t...